Mental Health in the Classroom: Educators as the “First Responders”

Your students spend the better part of each weekday in your classroom or office, and you play a critical role in their health and well-being—after all, a lot comes up during the day! As an independent school teacher, adviser, coach, dean, or nurse, you may have been the first to learn of a student’s worries, sadness, self-injury, or even suicidal thoughts. While you're ideally part of a multidisciplinary school team that includes professional counselors and administrators, you are one of the people who is generally “on the ground.”

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